Former prime minister’s prison sentence reduced from six years after court clears him of main bribery chargeIsrael’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert is to travel to prison in February for his role in a bribery scandal after the country’s supreme court reduced his sentence from six years to 18 months.
The court partially accepted his appeal and cleared the ex-premier of the main bribery charge but upheld part of his conviction for taking a lesser bribe.
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Source: theguardian.com